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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2014, 04:53 AM Oct 2014

American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial Dedication in DC Oct 5 link

http://www.avdlm.org/dedication

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American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial Dedication in DC Oct 5 link (Original Post) nitpicker Oct 2014 OP

After heiress's push, D.C. memorial for disabled vets to be dedicated nitpicker Oct 2014 #1

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nitpicker

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1. After heiress's push, D.C. memorial for disabled vets to be dedicated

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 04:58 AM

Oct 2014

http://www.navytimes.com/article/20141003/NEWS/310030056/After-heiress-s-push-D-C-memorial-disabled-vets-dedicated

After heiress's push, D.C. memorial for disabled vets to be dedicated
Oct. 3, 2014 - 11:52AM |
By Matt Sedensky
Associated Press

Lois Pope, 81,
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, visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to place her hand on the name of a cousin who died, she said she found herself beside an amputee who struggled to place flowers near a friend's name. As she left, she asked a ranger where she could find a memorial to disabled veterans.

"He said there wasn't one," she said, "and that did it."

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She gave $10 million of her own fortune — from her marriage to the late Generoso Pope Jr., who founded the National Enquirer — and raised millions more from others.

The result is a monument of glass walls and bronze sculptures, with a star-shaped fountain and ceremonial flame, all surrounded by a grove of trees near the Capitol. President Obama is expected to attend Sunday's dedication.

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pinboy3niner

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2. K&R from this Life Member of Disabled American Veterans

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 05:21 AM

Oct 2014

Thanks for posting--this is the first I've heard of this memorial.

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